Diseases
Shedding or loss of the nail plate with separation beginning at the matrix. Bacterial, fungal, nail bed/matrix injury can cause this.
Onychomadesis
Split or brittle nails. Injury to matrix, improper filing, contact to harsh solvents, overexposure to water, etc.
Onychorrhexis
Bitten nails
Onychophagy
A brown or black darkening of the nail; often appears as a darkened strip running the length of the plate. Increased production of melanin.
Melanonychia
Discoloration of nails. Bacteria, known as Pseudomonas Aeruginos that flourish in damp environment. "Greenies"
Chloronychia
Fungal infection of the finger or toenail is contagious.
Onychomycosis
White spots appearing within nail plate.
Leukonychia
Lesion that can form on the hand/foot or on the bed. Injury or trauma, hormone changes, medications.
Pyogenic Granuloma
Increased thickness or curvature of nails that may occur with age or injury. Systemic, often due to bone degeneration with age.
Onychogryphosis
Sides fo the folded nail cut into the soft tissue. Nail is flat on top, but one or both lateral folds angle sharply into the tissue.
Plicatured Nails
Atrophy of nail or wasting away of plate. Injury or systemic disease.
Onychatrophia
Living skin that becomes attached to nail plate at the PNF. Internal disorder, product-related allergy, severe injury to eponychium.
Pterygium
Nails with a concave shape. Systemic or long-term illness, iron deficiency, malnutrition or extreme dieting.
Koilonychia
An abnormal outgrowth of nail or thickening of the plate. Injury to matrix, systemic or hereditary, psoriasis, diabetes or fungal.
Onychauxis
Extreme C-curvature of the nail. Heredity, psoriasis, medical issues, fungal infection.
Pincer Nail
Inflammation of skin around nail. Bacterial infection of the tissue surrounding nail. Infected hangnail, prolonged exposure of hands to H2o
Paronychia
Very thin, soft nails that curve over the free edge. Hereditary, Malnutrition, medication, systemic disease.
Hapalonychia
Nails appear bluish, yellow or any variety of colors. Product stain, poor circulation, diabetes cause dark yellowing of nail.
Discolored Nails
Shallow or deep holes in the nail called pitting. Autoimmune disease, chronic condition with no cure.
Nail Psoriasis
Loosening or separation of nail plate from the nail bed. Nail injury or allergic reaction, systemic, infection or drug treatment
Onycholysis
General term for inflammation of the PNF or lateral nail folds. Bacterial, Biting at, picking or clipping the living tissue, dirty implement
Onychia
Red-brown vertical line under the nail plate resembling wood splinter. Trauma to nail bed, small capillaries hemorrhage in the nail bed.
Splinter Hemorrhages
Vertical depressions down the nail plate
Vertical Grooves
Ingrown nails
Onychocryptosis
Splitting or peeling of the plate typically at the free edge. Injury to plate, chemical contact, constatly wetting and drying hands.
Onychoschizia